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Beowulf Details

2007

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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge. Read more

Starring	Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn
Director	Robert Zemeckis
Genres	Action/Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Beowulf

The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Starring	Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, Angelina Jolie
Director	Robert Zemeckis
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 54 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 49 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Collections	100 Swords and Sandals Films, Top 400 All-Time Rentals
Genres	Action/Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language	DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English HD DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English, German, Italian
Subtitles	DVD: English, Castillian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Italian, Greek, Arabic
Released	Production year: 2007 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 17 Aug 2010 To Rent: DVD: 17 Mar 2008 Blu-ray: 17 Mar 2008 HD DVD: 07 Apr 2008
LOVEFiLM Instant	£2.49

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- BEOWULF blends pre-modern storytelling and the latest virtual cinema technology... A major progression in the cinema of simulation
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- - Sight and Sound
  - 28 Mar 2012 at 03:33
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- - 85
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  Sick beyond belief
  
  This film should definately not be a 12!
  
  It was way too gory and violent. From the very first scene it was just disgusting. I hated every moment of ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Mar 2008 at 20:20
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- - 4
  - 0
  It's a CGI film?
  
  I liked it! It took 20 minutes for me to even notice it was CGI. the voice actors in it are great. Malkovich and Winstone are always great. You'll like it ... read more »
  
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  - DeathApeDisco
  - 3 reviews
  - 22 Mar 2012 at 04:48
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  brilliant film if you like norse mythological stories
  
  this is a good film but you know have to know a little about norse mythology to appreciate the story.
  
  I'm a big fan of Ray Winston so maybe I'... read more »
  
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- - cheesekake
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  - 10 Mar 2012 at 17:10
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  Dull as medieval ditchwater...
  
  A mish mash of a film - all the characters still have that 'dead-eye' problem that all these Rob Zemeckis animations suffer from.
  
  Plot was ... read more »
  
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Beowulf premieres in LA
- 09 Nov 2007
Fantasy epic Beowulf premiered in LA this week ahead of its worldwide release this month. The movie, based on the legendary poem, stars Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler and Ray Winstone, among many other famous faces. Most of the cast attended the premiere, including Anthony Hopkins, who plays King Hrothgar and Alison Lohman, who stars as Ursula, while other celebs such as Brad Pitt and Nicollette Sheridan also turned out to watch the film. Beowulf uses a specific motion capture technique to alter Read more
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